Hi all
Any developments with this - has anyone approached VIEW and/or DfE?
Ian
On 25/01/2017 8:36 AM, Samantha Gamblin wrote:
> I think this is a great development as we too have had trouble sourcing
> appropriately qualified professionals. We normally go to our council's
> sensory support team, but registering with DSA-QAG is not high on their
> agenda! We are fortunate to have a budget for DSA overspend - as a lot
> of our VI students go into overspend we have fudged the issue by pushing
> the specialist support through this. I appreciate that this is not an
> option for other institutions.
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> Samantha Gamblin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ian F.
> Sent: 24 January 2017 15:48
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> Subject: Re: Specialist Support Professional (Vision Impairment) Problems
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> Problem is they have to be QAG registered, and to be registered they
> need PGCE and QTVI quals, both of which aren't really relevant to HE
> support I think - for a start SSP is a non-teaching role so why the
> teaching qualifications?
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> Anyhow, I've been pondering this and wondered about a possible solution.
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> I notice VIEW is the professional association of QTVIs:
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> "the professional membership association for QTVIs (Qualified Teachers
> of children and young people with vision impairment), and everyone
> supporting children and young people with vision impairment, including
> LSAs, mobility and habilitation specialists, and trainee QTVIs."
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> http://viewweb.org.uk/
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> Maybe Dfe/QAG could approach VIEW to ask if they could allow membership
> for people working with blind students in higher education, depending on
> applicant experience etc.
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> Once menbership is obtained maybe that could be sufficient
> 'qualification' to register as an SSP VI with QAG as 'membership of a
> professional organisation", at least in the short term so students can
> get support in place, longer term maybe to create some specific
> qualification for the role by working with VIEW/RNIB etc.
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> Ian Francis
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> On 23/01/2017 6:19 PM, Milligan, John wrote:
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>> This is interesting as I remember having the same discussions with DfE
> (or similar incarnation) around 15 years ago when I was with RNIB Post
> 16 Education. There were not enough Blind or VI students in the system
> to meet the requirements of an "assessor". We got round it in Bristol
> by working with AbilityNet and I seem to recall RNIB Vocational College
> in Loughborough somehow getting a "special" accreditation.
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>> If anyone would like to look at being an Associate with the Virtual
> School Sensory Support as a way to resolve this issue, give me a call
> using the details below.
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>> Best wishes to all
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>> John
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>> John Rous Milligan
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of McDonald, Adrian
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>> Sent: 23 January 2017 13:25
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>> Subject: Re: Specialist Support Professional (Vision Impairment)
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>> Problems
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>> We are having the same problem. We have a student who has been without
> this support since October 16. I have raised it with DSA-QAG several
> times and the only answer I get is "we are in discussions with DfE about
> this". Not helpful and doesn't seem to be progressing any further.
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>> Best wishes
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>> Adrian
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ian F.
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>> Sent: 23 January 2017 12:46
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>> Subject: Specialist Support Professional (Vision Impairment) Problems
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>> Hi all
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>> I'm struggling to find a QAG-registered SSP for a DSA-funded blind
> student in East London using the QAG database. Nobody seems to have one
> available.
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>> I do have concerns that the qualification criteria set by QAG for SSP
> VI isn't really appropriate for HE (seems more relevant for a
> peripatetic teacher at a school level) so might be resulting in people
> who could offer this support and have already not being able to register.
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>> Can anyone suggest someone? Are others having a similar problem?
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>> Best wishes
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>> Ian Francis
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